He split a trace of consciousness into the cloak before storing it in the Universe Bag.
Having the cloak acknowledge him as its master did not mean he could use it as he pleased.
To use the cloak freely, he would need to properly sacrifice and refine it first.
It was like the Golden Armguard. After only refining it once, he could take it out and use it, but he could not say he wielded it freely.
The main reason was that he had not truly finished refining the Golden Armguard. He still needed to sacrifice, refine, and nurture it properly. Only when those traces of consciousness had completely permeated the Golden Armguard and could bring out its greatest effectiveness would it count as fully refined.
The higher the grade of a Magic Tool, the longer it took to sacrifice, refine, and nurture.
It was the same with the Universe Bead. So far, he did not truly own the Universe Bead; they merely depended on each other. Only after he completed all the Restriction Gestures and opened four or five Level Passes of the Universe Bead would he probably truly grasp it.
And now, if something unexpected happened, the Universe Bead might leave him at any time.
Although Chen Mo had never sensed an independent consciousness within the Universe Bead, he had understood from the moment he acquired it that it was not because the Universe Bead lacked consciousness, but because his own consciousness level was too low to perceive it.
Only when his consciousness level improved would he gradually come into contact with the Universe Bead's consciousness.
Sigh! The road ahead was long and arduous!
After sighing, Chen Mo pulled himself together and began cleaning up the aftermath.
Especially since he had just been injured and needed treatment.
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